Silk_Road 丝绸之路

Silk_Road 丝绸之路

The Silk RoadA slideshow to accompany the article and lesson “From Isolation to Globalization: Taking the First Steps Along the Silk Road”OCSS Review , Summer 2006

Silk_Road 丝绸之路

Slideshow overviewThis slideshow is designed to Illustrate the physiographic features at various points along the Silk Road(s). Provide oblique angle digital illustrations from Google Earth along with ground-level photographs of those locations. Together, these should give students a better sense of the challenges faced by travelers. Take the viewer on a journey from east to west along one common route of the Silk Road. Google Earth is available for free at / Google Earth provides you the opportunity to mark and label any place on a globe draw routes between places Produce “fly by” videos of a route at various angles and altitudes. Display physiographic features of a location or set of locations, drawn from satellite imagery.

Silk_Road 丝绸之路

Viewing the Silk Road from Space

Silk_Road 丝绸之路

Beijing Samarkan Ksahgar Antioch Dunhuang

Merv

X’ian

Silk_Road 丝绸之路

Common “Silk Road” Routes

Silk_Road 丝绸之路

The Road Ahead: Begin Your Journey in China

West

East

Silk_Road 丝绸之路

Heading West from Beijing

Silk_Road 丝绸之路

Heading West from Beijing

Silk_Road 丝绸之路

Next Stop…X’ianBeijing

X’ian

Silk_Road 丝绸之路

Looking West from X’ian

Silk_Road 丝绸之路

Looking West from X’ian

Silk_Road 丝绸之路

Next Stop…DunhuangBeijing Dunhuang

X’ian

Silk_Road 丝绸之路

Silk_Road 丝绸之路

Mogao Caves Near Dunhuang

Silk_Road 丝绸之路

Keep Moving West to KashgarBeijing Kashgar Dunhuang

X’ian

Silk_Road 丝绸之路

Dunhuang to Kashgar: Go Around the Takla Makan Desert

Silk_Road 丝绸之路

…and Cross the Tien Shan Mountain Range

Silk_Road 丝绸之路

Arriving at Kashgar

Silk_Road 丝绸之路

Now…On to MervBeijing Kashgar Dunhuang

Merv

X’ian

Silk_Road 丝绸之路

Kashgar to Merv: More Deserts and MountainsBactrian Desert Pamirs

Ancient Merv

Silk_Road 丝绸之路

Your Journey So Far: You have traveled over 3,000 difficult miles You have crossed the Takla Makan Desert, the Tien Shan Mountain Range, passed through territories of hostile warriors, crossed the Pamir Mountains and the Bactrian Desert. Only 1,532 miles to go!!!